Hi! I've trying to make digital surround work via spdif out in my X-Fi Xtremegamer but I'm not having sucess. In Gnome, I just have Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958). There is no Digital Surround 5.1 profile. Anyone know a way to make it work? Thanks in advance! Here is my alsa-info: upload=true&script=true&cardinfo= !!################################ !!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.59 !!################################ !!Script ran on: Fri Mar 26 16:48:29 UTC 2010 !!Linux Distribution !!------------------ Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10" !!DMI Information !!--------------- Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Product Name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. !!Kernel Information !!------------------ Kernel release: 2.6.31-21-generic Operating System: GNU/Linux Architecture: i686 Processor: unknown SMP Enabled: Yes !!ALSA Version !!------------ Driver version: 1.0.22.1 Library version: 1.0.22 Utilities version: 1.0.22 !!Loaded ALSA modules !!------------------- snd_ctxfi !!Sound Servers on this system !!---------------------------- Pulseaudio: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) Running - Yes ESound Daemon: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd) Running - No !!Soundcards recognised by ALSA !!----------------------------- 0 [XFi ]: SB-XFi - Creative X-Fi Creative X-Fi 20K1 SB073x !!PCI Soundcards installed in the system !!-------------------------------------- 01:08.0 Multimedia controller: Twinhan Technology Co. Ltd Mantis DTV PCI Bridge Controller [Ver 1.0] (rev 01) 01:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB X-Fi !!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's !!-------------------------------------------------------- 01:0a.0 0401: 1102:0005 Subsystem: 1102:0031 !!Modprobe options (Sound related) !!-------------------------------- snd-atiixp-modem: index=-2 snd-intel8x0m: index=-2 snd-via82xx-modem: index=-2 snd-usb-audio: index=-2 snd-usb-us122l: index=-2 snd-usb-usx2y: index=-2 snd-usb-caiaq: index=-2 snd-cmipci: mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388 snd-pcsp: index=-2 snd-hda-intel: power_save=10 power_save_controller=N !!Loaded sound module options !!-------------------------- !!Module: snd_ctxfi enable : Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y id : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL> index : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 multiple : 2 reference_rate : 48000 subsystem : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 use_system_timer : N !!ALSA Device nodes !!----------------- crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 0 Mar 26 12:12 /dev/snd/controlC0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 Mar 26 12:12 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 Mar 26 12:12 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 17 Mar 26 12:12 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 18 Mar 26 12:12 /dev/snd/pcmC0D2p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 19 Mar 26 12:12 /dev/snd/pcmC0D3p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 20 Mar 26 12:12 /dev/snd/pcmC0D4p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 Mar 26 12:12 /dev/snd/seq crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Mar 26 12:12 /dev/snd/timer /dev/snd/by-path: total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Mar 26 12:12 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 240 Mar 26 12:12 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 26 12:12 pci-0000:01:0a.0 -> ../controlC0 !!Aplay/Arecord output !!------------ APLAY **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: XFi [Creative X-Fi], device 0: ctxfi [Front/WaveIn] Subdevices: 8/8 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 card 0: XFi [Creative X-Fi], device 1: ctxfi [Surround] Subdevices: 8/8 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 card 0: XFi [Creative X-Fi], device 2: ctxfi [Center/LFE] Subdevices: 8/8 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 card 0: XFi [Creative X-Fi], device 3: ctxfi [Side] Subdevices: 8/8 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 card 0: XFi [Creative X-Fi], device 4: ctxfi [IEC958 Non-audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ARECORD **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: XFi [Creative X-Fi], device 0: ctxfi [Front/WaveIn] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 !!Amixer output !!------------- !!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [XFi] Card hw:0 'XFi'/'Creative X-Fi 20K1 SB073x' Mixer name : '20K1' Components : '' Controls : 29 Simple ctrls : 10 Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Capture 0 - 256 Front Left: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] Capture 208 [81%] [-12.00dB] Front Right: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] Capture 208 [81%] [-12.00dB] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Capture 0 - 256 Front Left: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] Capture 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] Capture 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Mono: Front Left: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Mono: Front Left: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Center/LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Mono: Front Left: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Side',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Mono: Front Left: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Line-in',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Capture 0 - 256 Front Left: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Capture 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Capture 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Capture 0 - 256 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'S/PDIF-in',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Capture 0 - 256 Front Left: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Capture 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Capture 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'S/PDIF-out',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Mono: Front Left: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] !!Alsactl output !!------------- --startcollapse-- state.XFi { control.1 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.2 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'PCM Playback Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.3 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Line-in Playback Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.4 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Volume' value.0 0 value.1 0 } control.5 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'S/PDIF-in Playback Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.6 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'S/PDIF-out Playback Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.7 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Front Playback Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.8 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Surround Playback Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.9 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Center/LFE Playback Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.10 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Side Playback Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.11 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Master Capture Volume' value.0 208 value.1 208 } control.12 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'PCM Capture Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.13 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Line-in Capture Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.14 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Mic Capture Volume' value.0 0 value.1 0 } control.15 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 256' comment.dbmin -6400 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'S/PDIF-in Capture Volume' value.0 256 value.1 256 } control.16 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'PCM Capture Switch' value true } control.17 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Line-in Capture Switch' value true } control.18 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Mic Capture Switch' value false } control.19 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'S/PDIF-in Capture Switch' value true } control.20 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Line-in Playback Switch' value false } control.21 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'S/PDIF-out Playback Switch' value false } control.22 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'S/PDIF-in Playback Switch' value false } control.23 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Front Playback Switch' value false } control.24 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Surround Playback Switch' value false } control.25 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Center/LFE Playback Switch' value false } control.26 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Side Playback Switch' value false } control.27 { comment.access read comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface PCM device 4 name 'IEC958 Playback Mask' value ffffffff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 } control.28 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface PCM device 4 name 'IEC958 Playback Default' value '0082000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' } control.29 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface PCM device 4 name 'IEC958 Playback PCM Stream' value '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' } } --endcollapse-- !!All Loaded Modules !!------------------ Module nls_utf8 isofs binfmt_misc vboxnetflt vboxnetadp vboxdrv ppp_deflate zlib_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async crc_ccitt option usbserial snd_ctxfi snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm iptable_filter snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event usb_storage ppdev snd_seq nvidia ip_tables x_tables snd_timer snd_seq_device agpgart parport_pc psmouse serio_raw snd soundcore snd_page_alloc k8temp i2c_nforce2 lp parport vesafb usbhid forcedeth !!ALSA/HDA dmesg !!------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. 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